Morrissey – I Am Not a Dog on a Chain (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Morrissey – I Am Not a Dog on a Chain (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:29 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd

British vocalist, born May 22, 1959, in Manchester, United Kingdom. Former lead singer of The Smiths. Morrissey started his career as a lead singer for punk bands. He formed Sulky Young (renamed The Tee Shirts) and later joined The Nosebleeds (formed in the early 1970s under the name Wild Ram) with Billy Duffy (The Cult), replacing Ed Banger and Vini Reilly. However, in his autobiography Morrissey denied ever being a member of The Nosebleeds. He claims that Duffy recruited him after the break up of The Nosebleeds and they wrote songs together. For their live performances they hadn’t decided on a band name. They roped in the rhythm section of The Nosebleeds and Paul Morley used this name for a live review.

After the superb side project California Son, which he entirely dedicated to unexpected and occasionally obscure covers (Roy Orbison, Melanie, Laura Nyro, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Dylan, 5th Dimension, Jobriath, Phil Ochs, Tim Hardin, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon), Morrissey returns to his own compositions. This time, the ex-Smiths vocalist (who is also known for his vocal points of view that often get written about in the tabloids) delivers an eclectic array of songs that is distinctly less rock’n’roll on the whole. This time, the sound is rather pop, often groovy but never overly seductive, the climax being the single Bobby, Don’t You Think They Know? sung in a duet with disco soul powerhouse Thelma Houston. Some tracks even sound rather like The Smiths… Lyrically, Moz unsurprisingly remains anti-everything: media, establishment, open-mindedness, consumerism. As for his Marmite crooner’s voice, it excels in the final track My Hurling Days Are Done, punctuating a rather interesting thirteenth album. – Marc Zisman

Tracklist:
01. Morrissey – Jim Jim Falls (03:44)
02. Morrissey – Love Is on Its Way Out (03:14)
03. Morrissey – Bobby, Don’t You Think They Know? (05:46)
04. Morrissey – I Am Not a Dog on a Chain (03:52)
05. Morrissey – What Kind of People Live in These Houses? (03:41)
06. Morrissey – Knockabout World (03:25)
07. Morrissey – Darling, I Hug a Pillow (04:47)
08. Morrissey – Once I Saw the River Clean (04:19)
09. Morrissey – The Truth About Ruth (03:45)
10. Morrissey – The Secret of Music (07:52)
11. Morrissey – My Hurling Days Are Done (05:01)

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